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Who proposed the Wilmot Proviso?
David Wilmot.
what two American statesmen wanted popular sovereignty to be the focus on whether states in West would be slave or free states?
Lewis Cass and Stephen Douglass.
Who won the election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor.
Which party of the Election of 1848 supported the Wilmot Proviso?
Free-Soilers.
What was the attempt to balance slave and free states?
Compromise of 1850.
What percentage of the Southern population owned slaves by 1850?
5%.
What act reversed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who was called the "Little Giant"?
Stephen Douglass.
What senator beat senator Sumner over the head with a cane during one of the congressional meetings?
Preston Brooks.
Which of the following best describes bleeding Kansas?
The clash between the Ruffians and Free-stater groups.
What was the network of safe houses for slaves looking to escape the South?
Underground Railroad.
What was the scheme called to purchase Cuba from Spain?
Ostend Manifesto.
Who led the Pottawatomie Massacre?
John Brown.
Who was Emerson's slave who attempted to purchase his freedom?
Dred Scott.
What did John Crittenden do?
Proposed a last-ditch compromise to maintain the union.
Who was elected as president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis.
Which of these American statesmen were Illinois senators running for presidency?
Abraham Lincoln.
What made John Brown become an antislavery terrorist?
Sumner-Brooks Incident.
Who became president immediately after President Taylor died?
Millard Fillmore.
What increased Westward migration?
Gold Rush.
What was the nickname for the migrants to CA during the Gold Rush?
49ers.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
required return of runaway slaves to their owners.
What was the nickname for the American party?
Know-Nothings.
What propaganda book was written by H.B. Stowe?
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What was the sack of Lawrence?
Ruffians burned and looted the free-stater Kansas town.
What happened at Harper’s Ferry?
Federal arsenal was raided by Brown and 21 supporters.
Who were the presidential candidates during the election of 1860?
Lincoln, Douglass, Bell, Breckinridge.
Why did VA, AR, TN, and NC secede from the union?
They didn't want to supply troops to fight their brothers.
Where were the first shots of the civil war fired?
Fort Sumter.
What were two causes of the Civil War? (Bonus points if you can name more.)
Slavery, Increase of Sectionalism, Formation of Republican Party, Differences in ideology, Failure of Slave Compromises, Election of Lincoln.